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06 Sept 2025

Cross of Cong goes on show

Hundreds turned out to witness the Cross of Cong being unveiled at the National Museum of Country Life
The Cross of Cong on display in Turlough House

The centre of attention



They turned out in their hundreds last week at the National Museum of Country Life in Turlough to witness a little piece of Mayo history as the priceless Cross of Cong returned to the county for the first time in 170 years.
The gasps were audible from the large crowd in the museum as the black sheet was removed from the casing to reveal the Cross, whose colourful history is steeped in Mayo folklore.
Michael McLaughlin’s picture shows young and old eagerly trying to get a close-up view of the Cross.

Elsewhere on mayonews.ie
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